Things might look grim now and im not hopefultonight, but I'm sure we'll see career years from a lot of guys. I'm still predicting a 10th last finish, but that's a pretty good jump from 5th last.
Reasonable. I think what matters the most this season is the momentum they gain as the season moves long. And one of the things that helps is limited injuries.
Lots of fans in our herd are overlooking the amount of injuries with their projections. If we had normal amount of injuries (NHL average from all teams lets say), we would have not been picking 5th last season. More like 8-12.
Then consider that there will be some growth with some young players and our vets are a little better this season vs last season with guys exiting.
I can certainly see a 5-10 range pick but I can also see a 11-16 range pick as well. It's a long season and many good/bad things can happen. My prediction is we pick 8-12 range.
What I am saying is that Anderson was quoted as the one scoring and I merely mentioned he is scoring at a lower PPG than Hoffman who was supposedly done and useless. I don t especially like Hoffman‚s game but Anderson is widely overrated on those boards. People should stop saying size and skating are strength when he obviously can t help the team with those strength. He is paid as a 2nd liner whereas he is a one trick winger with tunnel vision.
Scoring means goals to me. Anderson scored more goals and had less PP time over Hoffman who got a fair amount of assists from that.
Anderson's size and skating is more valuable than Hoffman. Just because Anderson is not a perfect power forward, it don't mean he does not provides some value in that area. You're reaching to devalue bud.
Hoffman should not be mentioned with Anderson. Bad example to prove a weak point. When it comes to Anderson, his value is his goal scoring ability and the size/skating he provides. He's certainly making more space with his forecheck than what Hoffman provided.